Watch: Rohit Sharma Smashes Pat Cummins A Text Book Pull Shot In His First Over Of IPL 2020

Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians’ skipper, smashed Pat Cummins for the trademark pull shot as Kolkata Knight Riders met Mumbai Indians met in the 5th game of IPL 2020.  KKR won the toss on Wednesday and elected to field first at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Pat Cummins were the four overseas players that KKR decided to go forward with.

Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma opened the innings for MI, having made no changes in their Playing 11 from the last game against CSK. However, the first major blow for Mumbai Indians came when Quinton de Kock was dismissed in the second over of the game when he was caught by Nikhil Naik off Shivam Mavi.

Watch: Rohit Sharma Smashes Pat Cummins A Text Book Pull Shot In His First Over Of IPL 2020

Pat Cummins came in to bowl the fifth over of the KKR innings and Rohit welcomed him with a textbook pull shot. Rohit Sharma hung back in his crease, stood tall, and thwacked the short ball over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen.

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Mumbai Indians have put on a great display of batting after being hit by the dismissal of Quinton de Kock and Rohit and Yadav are forming a solid partnership against KKR.